This is What Cold Showers Do to Your Body

The majority of us choose hot showers over cold showers because obviously who would want to torture themselves early in the morning? No doubt both of them have their pros and cons, but researchers have proved that cold showers have more health benefits than hot showers.

Continue reading to find out why.

1. Treats Sore Muscles and Improves Circulation

It’s a fact that your blood circulation is improved right as you hop into a cold shower. This happens due to your body’s efforts to cope with the changing temperature.

If you are an athlete you might want to switch to cold showers as it cures injuries relatively faster. This is why we apply ice on bruised skin. An ideal time to take a cold shower can be right after a good workout to get your body back to normal.

2. A Perfect Solution for Irritation and Dry Skin 

People like me who have very sensitive and naturally dry skin or are suffering from skin allergies like eczema might want to abandon hot showers. Your skin gets all itchy and red.

One way to overcome this is to lower the temperature of the water and keep your shower duration small and trust me you’ll witness a significant change in your skin. Moisturize your skin afterward to treat dryness.

3. An Easy Way Out of Slow Metabolic Rate

Tired of dieting and still not getting anywhere? A slow metabolic rate could be the culprit. Cold showers can activate the brown fat in the human body and ensure the white fat stays at a healthy level to improve your metabolism.

Still, you would need to cut back on your calories and make the due lifestyle changes in order to get what you’re looking for like they say, in order to get something you need to lose something.

However, showering thrice a week with cold water can balance specific hormones that are somehow linked with your weight loss while maintaining your diet.

4. A Cold Shower a Day, Keeps the Stress at Bay

Speaking from experience, cold showers have this instant ability to lift up your mood and energy levels from zero to hero. It plays this magic trick with your nerve system, called hardening during which your body prepares you for stressful moments.

As a result, your body and your subconscious self are ready for any physical and mental exertion. A five minute long cold sower twice or thrice a week will do. 

5. Boost Your Immunity

Make your body immune to catching the viral infections by taking a cold bath. Of course, you would want to skip it if you have severe flu, runny nose, or other health issues.

But in case you’re perfectly healthy, the shock and alarm a cold shower gives the body is really essential for leukocytes (cells that help fight germs).

So? Team cold shower or hot shower?